THE WEEKLY DOSE
June 3, 2018	Vol. 7, No. 22
In this Issue…
News and Announcements BCMS Scholarship Ceremony TMA Leadership College Graduates TDI Rules Update BCMS Auto Program and Phone App	BCMS Circle of Friends Sponsors Express Information Systems MedPro Group
BCMS Scholarship Ceremony
The Bexar County Medical Society, through its 501c3 Philanthropic organization the Bexar County Medical Library Association, gave $2,500 scholarships to six students planning to study some field of medicine.  The recipients include (L-R) Jacky Zhu, Emily Spiekerman, Viviana Quezada, Abigail Munteanu and Sophia Zabul. Presenting doctors and sponsors included (L-R) Gerardo Ortega, MD, Sheldon Gross, MD, Michael Clark, Robyn Phillips-Madson, DO, Troy Halprin, MD, John Hinchey, MD, Adam Ratner, MD, Eric Lawitz, MD, Richard Jones, MD, and Ronald Rodriguez, MD. The scholarships were presented on May 29 during a ceremony downtown at the Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse.
TMA Leadership College Graduates
		Congratulations to the TMA Leadership College Class of 2018 which had its graduation on May 19. Five of the 23 graduates are from San Antonio including (L-R) Michael Kim, MD, Brian Boies, MD, Erika Munch, MD, Monica Lee, MD, and John Hinchey, MD. (Also pictured in back is Stephen Fitzer, executive director of BCMS, one of the sponsoring organizations.) The TMA Leadership College was established in 2010 to ensure strong and sustainable physician leadership within organized medicine. Graduates serve as thought leaders who can close the divide among clinicians and health care policymakers and also become trusted leaders within their communities.
TDI Rules Update
		On March 29, 2018, Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Ryan Brannan adopted amended 28 Texas Administrative Code §§134.500, regarding Definitions; 134.530, regarding Requirements for Use of the Closed Formulary for Claims Not Subject to Certified Networks; and 134.540, regarding Requirements for Use of the Closed Formulary for Claims Subject to Certified Networks.  The adoption was filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on April 2, 2018.  The adoption will be published in the April 13, 2018 issue of the Texas Register and may be viewed on the on the Secretary of State website at http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml.  A courtesy copy of the adoption is available on the Texas Department of Insurance website at https://www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/rules/2018rules.html. The adopted amendments to §134.500 will exclude from the closed formulary all prescription drugs created through compounding prescribed and dispensed on or after July 1, 2018.  The adopted amendments to §§134.530 and 134.540 will require preauthorization of these drugs for claims subject to and not subject to certified networks.  The rule change does not prohibit the use of compounded drugs for injured employees when medically necessary; however, it does require that medical necessity be determined prior to prescribing and dispensing these drugs on or after July 1, 2018.  Prescriptions for compounded drugs not requiring preauthorization that are written before July 1, 2018, and refills for those prescriptions, will not be impacted by this rule change. Click here for more information.
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